#98: Program #98

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

Years before Eastern European composers like Henryk Gorecki and Arvo Pärt ascended the Billboard charts with their sublime, "mystical minimalist" compositions, John Schaefer was unearthing examples of this spiritual style. From an August 27, 1988 edition of New Sounds, we hear sacred songs by Tavener, Pärt, Gorecki, Ni Riain, de la Rue, Hykes, and others.

PROGRAM #98: "Sacred Songs" (Original broadcast date: 8/27/1988)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Bernardus Ycart	Officium Tenebrarum	Lamentationis Jeremiae [1:00]	Celestial Harmonies #132 www.harmonies.com
John Tavener	Ikon of Light	Mystical Prayer [9:00]	Gimell #1585-05 Available for purchase at Amazon.com*
Arvo Pärt	Arbos	De Profundis [7:00]	ECM #1325 www.ecmrecords.com
Henryk Gorecki	Police {soundtrack) Symphony #3	Chant #1 [8:00]	Erato #ERA-9275 Out of print, but the Symphony was recorded again, on Nonesuch #79282. Try Amazon.com*
Noirin Ni Riain	Caoineadh na Maighdine (The Virgin's Lament)	Seacht nDolas 2 [5:00]	Gael-Linn #CEL-084 Rereleased on the Sounds True label (www.soundstrue.com) OR Available through Amazon.com*
Pierre de la Rue	Officium Tenebrarum	Lamentationis Jeremiae [6:00]	See above.
Ingram Marshall	Fog Tropes/Gradual Requiem	Gradual Requiem #5 [5:00]	New Albion #NA-002 www.newalbion.com
David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir	Harmonic Meetings	Kyrie [3:00]	Celestial Harmonies #14013/14. www.harmonies.com

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